"Of course," more smoothly, as he recovers himself; Magnus' tiny sad voice has taken him out of his own feelings. "Who better? You asked Shen Yuan because you wanted to know whether it was Luo Binghe's doing, and presumably he explained that it wasn't, but since you weren't explicit about the object of your concerns he assumed it was me. That all makes sense. If I were considering people here I don't trust, I suppose I'd come around to--" A thinking pause. "Lady Ragnelle and Aornis¹. But neither of them have any particular power I'm aware of, simply unpleasant demeanors."

¹Ping!